“The Most Beautiful Valley in Japan”: Kamikōchi, the Japan Alps, and National Parks in Japan
Arcadia, Summer 2016, no. 8
A geography and history of the Alps, filmed exclusively with aerial shots.
Bill Bryson introduces the history and ecology of the Appalachian Trail.
The Club Alpino Italiano, a gentlemen’s hiking group, was founded.
The ascent of the highest mountain in Western Europe is regarded as the foundation of modern Alpinism.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are the first to ascend Mount Everest in Nepal.